Magnetic resonance imaging is the imaging modality that can most accurately evaluate this risk. 11 – 14 The decision to undertake additional preoperative therapy is generally made at multidisciplinary ...

In patients with poor-risk MRI-defined locally advanced rectal cancer threatening or involving the mesorectal fascia, preoperative chemoradiation based on RT at 45 Gy in 25 daily fractions over 5 ...

Patients who were considered to be the low-risk group (n = 254) had surgery alone (total mesorectal excision [TME]) while the high-risk group (n = 174) received neoadjuvant CRT as well as TME.

If you have ever noticed that smooth, thin, transparent film on a chicken breast, that is fascia. It forms a protective covering over muscles, joints, and tendons.

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Fascia is more important than previously thought. Here’s how, and why, you should care for yours. By Danielle Friedman In recent years, the concept of caring for one’s fascia — the tough ...

Fascia also assists in the transition of force through the musculoskeletal system. An example of this is our ankle, where the achilles tendon transfers force into the plantar fascia. This sees ...

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The biomechanics of fascia—how the system moves and what the benefits may be—are of keen interest to researchers. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, April 2023.